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| 14701377454 | Abbasids Dynasty | Dynasty that ruled Baghdad 750-1258. Tried to make a dynasty of Muslims all being equal, had great military conquests, and flourished with wealth and power | 0 | |
| 14701380245 | Age Grades were ____. | groups of people that included all individuals within a given community born within a few years of one another. members of each age-group would perform tasks appropriate for their development | 1 | |
| 14701384613 | Allah | Islamic God | 2 | |
| 14701385644 | angkor | A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu. | 3 | |
| 14701387457 | Artha | One of the four goals of Hindu life, the striving to be successful | 4 | |
| 14701388729 | Aztec Empire | Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I. | 5 | |
| 14701391125 | bananas | the introduction of a new food crop about 400 CE encouraged a fresh migratory surge in Africa. what was the crop? | 6 | |
| 14701392629 | bantu peoples | East Africa. Family of languages began to move from Niger into East Africa. Spread Iron smelting techniques | 7 | |
| 14701394623 | Bedouin | a nomadic Arab of the desert. | 8 | |
| 14701396143 | Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism) | Most sacred section of the Mahabharata; key Hindu beliefs; some scholars consider it to be Hinduism's most important religious text | 9 | |
| 14701400695 | Bhakti Movement | An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity. | 10 | |
| 14701402310 | bodhisattva | a person who has attained enlightenment but who has postponed nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment | 11 | |
| 14701404508 | bogomils | Bulgarian group active in the 10th and 11th centuries that believed in rejecting the material world and extreme asceticism | 12 | |
| 14701405847 | brahmins | priests | 13 | |
| 14701406560 | Buddhism | Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering. | 14 | |
| 14701413550 | Byzantine Empire | (330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. | 15 | |
| 14701415069 | caholia | 16 | ||
| 14701418503 | Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 17 | |
| 14701424523 | Calupulli | Clans in Aztec society, later expanded to include residential groups that distributed land and provided labor and warriors. | 18 | |
| 14701426353 | Camels | The Romans introduced these animals to Africa, greatly increasing trade. | 19 | |
| 14701429681 | Capetian Kings | Kings descended from Hugh Capet; influence spread outward from small areas around Paris and Orleans; comprised a dynasty that lasted 300 years | 20 | |
| 14701431318 | Caste System in India | was created by the aryan invaders of india | 21 | |
| 14701444827 | Cathars | Medieval heretics, also known as the Albigensians, who considered the material world evil; their followers renounced wealth and marriage and promoted an ascetic existence. | 22 | |
| 14701446494 | Cathedral Schools | Schools organized by bishops and archbishops in France and northern Italy whose liberal arts curricula often offered instruction in law, medicine, and theology. | 23 | |
| 14701449504 | Chimu | regional Andean chiefdom that flourished from 800 to 1465 C.E.; fell to the Incas. | 24 | |
| 14701453075 | Chinampa | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields formed by the aztecs. | 25 | |
| 14701455130 | Chivalry | the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. | 26 | |
| 14701456652 | Chola Kingdom | the wealthy trading state that controlled southern India from 850 through 1267 | 27 | |
| 14701458911 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. | 28 | |
| 14701465949 | Chucuito | kingdom that dominated highlands around Lake Titicaca; depended on cultivation of potatoes and herding llamas and alpacas; heavily terraced fields, chewed coca | 29 | |
| 14701472100 | Confucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 30 | |
| 14701473440 | Council of Nicaea | (325 CE) A council called by Constantine to agree upon correct Christian doctrine and settle some disputes of the time. | 31 | |
| 14701474021 | Crusades | A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. | 32 | |
| 14701529788 | Cuzco | Capital of the Incan empire | 33 | |
| 14701531194 | Dar al-Islam | an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule | 34 | |
| 14701532192 | Dharma (Hinduism) | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 35 | |
| 14701535477 | Dominicans | Founded by Saint Dominic. Members of these religious orders, friars, lived and preached among the people instead of secluding themselves in monastries as members of most other religious orders did. Church ordered to seek out heretics and eliminate hersey. | 36 | |
| 14701536802 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | One of the most powerful women in the middle ages. Henry II married her to gain her lands. | 37 | |
| 14701539856 | Emporia | India being in the middle of the Indian Ocean it was a natural site for this and warehouses, traders exchanged their cargoes at Cambay, Calicut or Quilon for goods to take back west with the winter monsoon | 38 | |
| 14701543930 | Four Noble Truths of Buddhism | 1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path | 39 | |
| 14701547601 | Franciscans | A religious order founded by St. Francis and based on simplicity and poverty | 40 | |
| 14701548940 | gold trade in West and Central Africa | made inland nations rich, relied on slave trade and gold to increase wealth, stunted/slowed industrialization, made African nations dependent, needed to purchase European weapons to expand control of region | 41 | |
| 14701550711 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. | 42 | |
| 14701552119 | Great Zimbabwe | A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining. | 43 | |
| 14701552528 | Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire | 44 | |
| 14701553071 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 45 | |
| 14701555347 | Gunpowder | The formula, brought to China in the 400s or 500s, was first used to make fumigators to keep away insect pests and evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives and grenades and to propel cannonballs, shot, and bullets. | 46 | |
| 14701557656 | Guru Kabir | (1440-1518) a blind weaver, who was one of the most famous bhakti teachers, went so far to teach that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of single, universal deity. | 47 | |
| 14701559463 | Hadith | The compiled work of the life and teachings of Muhammad. | 48 | |
| 14701560309 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 49 | |
| 14701562310 | Hangzhou | Capital of later Song dynasty; located near East China Sea; permitted overseas trading; population exceeded 1 million. | 50 | |
| 14701562924 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance. | 51 | |
| 14701563824 | Hebrews | A smaller early civilization whose development of a monotheistic faith that provided the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam assured them a significant place in world history | 52 | |
| 14701565310 | Hinayana/Theravada Buddhism | a name given to more conservative buddhism schools. | 53 | |
| 14701566416 | Holy Roman Empire | An empire established in Europe in the 10th century A.D. | 54 | |
| 14701568092 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec god of sun and war | 55 | |
| 14701570969 | Inca Empire | The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532 | 56 | |
| 14701571543 | inti | sun god of the Inca | 57 | |
| 14701572994 | Iroquois | A later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests | 58 | |
| 14701577310 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. | 59 | |
| 14701579618 | Islamic Slave Trade | First developed out of the practice of slavery in pre-Islamic Arabia. | 60 | |
| 14701582974 | Israelites/Hebrews | Created the first monotheistic religion in the world. | 61 | |
| 14701584706 | Itzcoatl | An Aztec leader that defeated the Tepanecs; he destroyed records to reshape Aztec history | 62 | |
| 14701590922 | Jews | a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham. | 63 | |
| 14701591923 | Jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 64 | |
| 14701592781 | Junks | Chinese ships, particularly from the 1400s, are often called these. It was a sturdy Chinese ship design and the largest of its kind were treasures ships that could carry a thousand tons of cargo. | 65 | |
| 14701599404 | Kama | Pleasure, especially of sensual love; one of the four goals of life | 66 | |
| 14701602110 | Kamakura Period | Period spanning from 1185- 1333 A.D. Feudal Japan began in this period, and the first shogunate was appointed.The Mongols invaded twice but were repelled by Kamikaze Typhoon. Zen Buddhism Flourished and wars drained the economy. | 67 | |
| 14701605254 | Kebra Negast | (The Glory of Kings) - fictional work, tried to trace lineage from Ethiopia's Solomonic dynasty to the Israelite kings David and Solomon | 68 | |
| 14701606713 | Kilwa | one of many trading cities on the East African coast | 69 | |
| 14701610771 | Kin-based societies | A government based on families and chiefs ruling over small groups. Africans depended on these instead of an organized hierarchy government. | 70 | |
| 14701612689 | Kingdom of Kongo | Basin of the Congo (Zaire) river, conglomeration of several village alliances, participated actively in trade networks, most centralized rule of the early Bantu kingdoms, royal currency: cowries, ruled 14th-17th century until undermined by Portuguese slave traders | 71 | |
| 14701615673 | Koumbi Saleh | The city in which the king of Ghana held his court | 72 | |
| 14701617274 | Krishna | A god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishnu | 73 | |
| 14701618828 | Kshatriyas | warriors | 74 | |
| 14701624512 | Mahabharata | the longest single poem in the world, about a war fought between two branches of the same family. One of India's greatest epics written between 1000 and 700 BC | 75 | |
| 14701625320 | Mahayana Buddhism | Also known as popular Buddhism, is allows people more ways to reach enlightenment and boddhisatvas can help you reach enlightenment. | 76 | |
| 14701634396 | Majapahit | Sea trade based, larger of kingdoms on Java | 77 | |
| 14701636446 | Mali Empire | From 1235-1400, this was a strong empire of Western African. With its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by two great rulers, Sundiata and Mansa Musa. Thy upheld a strong gold-salt trade. The fall of the empire was caused by the lack of strong rulers who could govern well. | 78 | |
| 14701637306 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East. | 79 | |
| 14701639387 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. | 80 | |
| 14701640026 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace, holy city of Islam | 81 | |
| 14701641482 | Mexica | The name given to themselves by the Aztec people | 82 | |
| 14701642182 | Moksha | Becoming liberated for the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism. also the known as the endless cycle of births. | 83 | |
| 14701644610 | Monotheism | belief in only one god | 84 | |
| 14701645808 | Monsoons | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons | 85 | |
| 14701648042 | Motecuhzoma | Aztec leader when Europeans came to Mexico | 86 | |
| 14701652617 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. | 87 | |
| 14701654277 | Muromachi Period | The period in Japanese history between 1392 and 1568 that was initiated when the Ashikaga family gained control of the shogunate and established their center of power in the Muromachi district of Kyoto. | 88 | |
| 14701654928 | Muslim | a follower of the religion of Islam | 89 | |
| 14701656028 | Navajo | a member of the Navajo Indian tribe | 90 | |
| 14701661266 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism | 91 | |
| 14701662671 | Nirvana (Buddhism) | ultimate reality/goal, the end of suffering | 92 | |
| 14701664017 | Noble Eightfold Path | The fourth of the Four Noble Truths; defines the basic practices of Buddhism that lead to nirvana | 93 | |
| 14701665134 | porcelain | a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China | 94 | |
| 14701666223 | pueblo | home or community of homes built by Native Americans | 95 | |
| 14701668032 | Qadis | Islamic judges | 96 | |
| 14701668903 | Quaran | The holy book of Islam | 97 | |
| 14701669973 | Quechua | language of the Inca | 98 | |
| 14701671113 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes | 99 | |
| 14701672969 | Quipu | An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. | 100 | |
| 14701674004 | Ramanuja | The twelfth-century devotee of Vishnu, who believed that personal devotion and personal union with the deity was more important than an intellectual understanding of ultimate reality | 101 | |
| 14701676040 | Reconquista | The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492. | 102 | |
| 14701676732 | Relics | valued holy objects from the past | 103 | |
| 14701677759 | Sammurai | warriors in Japan who protected the Shogun | 104 | |
| 14701678294 | Shankara | definition: southern India; tried to harmonize all the Hindu writings significance: matured Hinduism | 105 | |
| 14701680861 | Sharia | Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life | 106 | |
| 14701681755 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 107 | |
| 14701683061 | Shinto | The traditional religion of Japan | 108 | |
| 14701683745 | Shiva | A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world. | 109 | |
| 14701684882 | Shogun | In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure. | 110 | |
| 14701685923 | Singosari | Sea trade based, smaller of kingdoms on Java | 111 | |
| 14701687399 | Song Dynasty | (960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. | 112 | |
| 14701690067 | Song Taizu | Founder of the Song Dynasty | 113 | |
| 14701690945 | St. Tomas Aquinas | Known as the "dumb ox", he wrote the summa theologica, famous for a section of the ST called Quinque Viae (the five ways). Theologian and philosopher. | 114 | |
| 14701691722 | St. Augustinefoot binding | the binding of feet to make them smaller and more attractive in women | 115 | |
| 14701693562 | Stupas | a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine. | 116 | |
| 14701695328 | Sufis | mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life | 117 | |
| 14701696282 | Sultanate of Delhi | Islamic state in northern India established by Mahmud's successors in 1206 C.E. that began to establish the presence of Islam on the Indian subcontinent. | 118 | |
| 14701697118 | Sundiata | the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes | 119 | |
| 14701698618 | Sunni | A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 120 | |
| 14701699709 | Swahili | A Bantu language with arabic words, spoken along the east african coast | 121 | |
| 14701701419 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire | 122 | |
| 14701702467 | Texacoco | Lake on which Tenochtitlan is built | 123 | |
| 14701703936 | Tezcatlipoca | The Aztec lord of the night sky. | 124 | |
| 14701705061 | Timbuktu | Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning | 125 | |
| 14701973347 | Tlatelolco | Originally a separate island city in Lake Texcoco; later incorporated into Tenochtitlan; Market remained the most important in combined city. | 126 | |
| 14701974433 | Toltecs | Nomadic peoples from beyond the northern frontier of sedentary agriculture in Mesoamerica; established capital at Tula after migration into central Mesoamerican plateau; strongly militaristic ethic, including cult of human sacrifice. | 127 | |
| 14701975515 | Trans-Saharan Trade | route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading | 128 | |
| 14701976958 | Troubadours | wandering poets; their love songs focused on cherishing and protecting women | 129 | |
| 14701982286 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238) | 130 | |
| 14701982307 | Umma | The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. | 131 | |
| 14701983653 | Vijayanagar Kingdom | Southern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later fell to the Mughals. | 132 | |
| 14701985766 | Viracocha | God of the Incas who was thought to be creator of all the people of the Andes | 133 | |
| 14701986475 | Vishnu | A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world | 134 | |
| 14701987812 | Wu Zhao | Tang ruler and only woman in China ever to assume the title of emperor | 135 | |
| 14701989014 | Yahweh | Hebrew name for God | 136 | |
| 14701990580 | Zhu Xi | (1130-1200) Most prominent of neo-Confucian scholars during the Song dynasty in China; stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action | 137 | |
| 14701991520 | Zimbabwe | a country of southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated into the area during the first millennium, displacing the earlier San inhabitants | 138 |
